WHAT`S THE SCORE

WHAT’S THE SCORE
www.score-group.com
October 2011
Score A/S recognised
as preferred
supplier! Read More Page 4
Britannia Lunch and Learn
Page 8
Success at TOTAL
Exhibition
Read More Page 8...
Score TransCanada
continuing relationship
with Suncor!
Page 6
2011 Apprentice Graduation
Page 16
Hycrome Given
Full Airbus TSA
Approval
Woodward Global
Service Facility Opens!
Page 4
Read More Page 3...
Length of
Service
In This Issue
Regular Features
On the Cover
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5
10
Constant Systems Update
Hycrome given full airbus TSA (Tartaric) Approval
Score A/S recognised as preferred supplier
7
Score TransCanada continuing relationship
with Suncor!
15
Meet the Director - Richard Mallabar
Meet the Apprentice - Matthew Thomson
2,19 & 20
Success at TOTAL Exhibition
Britannia Lunch and Learn
New Starts, Length of Service,
Special Birthdays, New Arrivals
Marriages
14
2011 Apprentice Graduation
Quarterly News
3 Hycrome Management Standard
4 Score Group plc Assist Oil Production Through
5
Simulation Testing
Score Group Companies Relocate
6 Apprenticeship Recognised
7 MIDAS Meter joins Twitter
8 Walley Box Innovation at Brighouse
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MIDAS Meter Training gets green light
It is that time of year again for creating
Score Group’s Christmas card design
and poem.
Please forward all suggestions by
Friday, 21 October to Chantelle
Proctor. Chantelle is based in Score
(Europe) Limited - Peterhead. We will
then judge the best, in our opinion,
design and poem for the company
card.
The company will award the designer
of the card a £500 holiday voucher
and the creator of the poem a £500
holiday voucher.
Trainees wear IMechE Badge
Apprentice Lectures
10Peterhead Training Centre Prize Giving
Scottish IMechE 1st year Apprentice Craft Competition
11 Score Summer 2011 Apprentices Settle In
12Trinidad Website Revamp
PSV Mobile Van
13 & 14
Graduations & Awards
16Score Group plc donate ‘Greenway’ to Peterhead
Work experience in Score Peterhead
Lose weight, Get fitter, Get healthier at work
17 & 18
Score Europe will
be hosting a BVAA
Desktop exhibition
at VTCC on
Wednesday 16th
November 2011.
Community Corner Peterhead Scottish week Raft Race
Score Europe v Hycrome Football Match
We would like to thank everyone who contributed articles for this issue.
We are always looking for feedback, ideas and suggestions which we
could consider to include as this is Your Newsletter. Contact us at [email protected]. The next issue of the newsletter will be
released January 2012.
Do you remember...? Answer 2000-2001
©Score Training and Multimedia Productions Limited 2011
5 years
Suzanne Davidson
Steven Burden
Lee Spriggs
Sean Brown
Christopher Buchan
Scott Buchanan
Paolo Buono
Christopher Cameron
Garry Cowe
Lewis Cruickshanks
Jason Dickson
Sarah Gowans
George Grant
Colin Innes
Jaclyn Lewczenko
Craig Matthew
Christopher Merrit
David Moir
John Rennie
Carl Steinbach
Jason Stephen
Iain Swanston
Barry Thoirs
Ryan Watt
Andrew Limebear
Elaine McPerson
Morag Gibbon
Kimberleigh Legge
fiona Johnston
John Sandison
Thomas Winter
Kim Strachan
Martin Burgess
Ian Lawrence
Rachel Duthie
Fiona Morrice
10 Years
Scott Angus
Scott Smith
Christopher Cardno
Alexander Cowe
Marco Letelier
Mark Mackintosh
James Whitham
Donna Stewart
Peter Thomson
Alexander Hay
15 Years
Richard Sadler
Peter Cruden
Len Bates
20 Years
Darren Anderson
Graham Watt
Gary Burgess
Len Parkes
25 Years
Jack O’Hagan
Hycrome’s Management Standard
John Roche - Quality Assurances Manager
Full Airbus TSA
(Tartaric) Approval Gained
Paul Sconce - Sales Engineer
T
he Aerospace industry has relied heavily
on solutions containing Chromium to
anodise Aluminium Alloys prior to painting.
The introduction of REACH (Registration,
Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of
Chemicals), a European Union Regulation,
has increased the regulation associated with
the use of chemicals that are harmful to the
environment. Many aircraft manufacturers are
developing alternative anodising solutions that
do not contain chromium.
In support of this, Hycrome has invested
heavily and has now become the first company
in England to gain full qualification for Airbus
using Tartaric Sulphuric Anodising for the A350
programme and for future ‘green’ aircraft.
Full production is now underway and for any
further information or enquiries please contact
Paul Sconce 01282 418300
T
he standard is designed to meet the very stringent, complex and unique
demands of the defence and commercial Aerospace industry. It is similar to ISO
9001:2000 but has nearly 100 additional requirements specific to Aerospace.
The AS9100 standard provides organisations with a comprehensive Quality
Management System (QMS) focused on areas directly impacting product safety
and reliability, including:
Configuration management- requires that management discipline be applied over the life cycle of a product to provide visibility and control of its functional and physical characteristics.
Purchasing-requires effective controls over the organisation’s entire supply chain.
Product Realization- ensures that each phase of product realization, from planning procuring and manufacturing to shipment is controlled for delivery of product conforming to customer requirements.
Product Monitoring/Measurement - defines requirements for product validation prior to shipment.
Advantages of AS9100:
Performance based analysis aimed towards defect prevention rather than corrective methods and continual improvement.
Meets the certification requirements as approved suppliers for OEMs
(major customers Airbus, BAE etc)
Enhanced performance and cost savings from operational consistency and a reduction in non conformance costs.
Gives a distinct advantage over our competition.
Prestigious international recognition.
Transition from AS9100 Rev. B to C
Deadline for approval is July 1, 2012. Hycrome (Europe) Ltd have successfully
completed this transition and will receive a Certificate for AS9100 Rev C in October
2011.
Many thanks to everyone for their efforts
Score AS Approved
Supplier
I
t is with great excitement we can
announce that Score AS came out as the
preferred supplier, and successful bidder
for the Skarv FPSO - Valve Maintenance
Services.
BP had a formal announcement of all the
new contractors for the Skarv FPSO project
at BP `s office in Sandnessjøen on Thursday
15th September.
From left, Mayor in Sandnessjøen Stig
Sørra, Jarle Westby from the company
Eureka, Knut Leif Forland from Score
AS, Sverre Waagå in MI Swaco and
Olav Fjellså from BP.
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Score Group plc
Intelligent Valve and Gas Turbine Solutions™
w w w. s c o r e - g r o u p . c o m
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Score Group plc Assist Oil Production
Through Simulation Testing
he recent discovery
and subsequent removal requirements of an unexploded
World War II bomb, found next to the Forties Pipeline on the
bed of the North Sea, called for some specialised technical
expertise among the Oil & Gas Service community.
Andrew Milner - General Manager
3d model of chop-saw and
guide frame mounted on pipe
S
core TransCanada has recently supported Suncor Energy during their 2011 Spring
Turnaround. Score TransCanada completed a number of repairs to critical equipment used
in the delayed coking process.
Mark Webster - Customer Support Engineer
The 36” bore pipeline, brings around 40% of the UK oil production
onshore. The 105-mile pipe was to be shut down while bomb disposal
experts moved the ordnance away from its current location on the
seabed before detonating it in a safe area, meaning production at 75
offshore fields had to be halted.
Score TransCanada has significant specialist knowledge of repairing and
upgrading valves associated with the Delayed Coking Process. Coking is one of the most hostile
environments in the refinery and a key part of the Oil Sands operation, with service temperatures
of in excess of 1000 Deg F
Specialised knowledge of Switching Valves, Water Cutting Valves, Ring Valves & Coker Ball
Valves has enabled Score TransCanada to offer quality repairs and upgrades which have
increased Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), all delivering significant cost savings associated
with downtime reductions of the Coker units.
It was imperative that robust safety risk mitigation and contingency
planning was in place prior to commencing this critical operation and
that all organisations involved communicated openly and worked closely together to ensure that the operation was
concluded safely.
As part of the contingency plan, a simulation test was completed at Score Group plc’s recently commissioned state
of the art Subsea and Wellhead Testing facilities in Peterhead, with the assistance of Score’s highly experienced
enhanced testing team.
The most recent support was for the turnaround of a 30” Ring Valve designed for back pressure control. With no spare unit the valve
was critical to the plant going live.
The purpose of this test was to ensure that in the event of the pipeline being damaged during the removal operation,
that any subsequent leakage from the pipeline could be quickly and easily contained, while emergency repairs
were being carried out.
The unit had seized due to product being allowed to cool. The cooling process resulted in material which is usually free flowing
around the ball to solidify creating a solid wedge. Under normal operation Steam Purge Points on the valve maintain temperature in
the gland and ball cavities to ensure the product remains fluid at all times allowing the valve to operate freely.
The fluid containment mechanism designed was two inflatable rubber bags, which were to be inserted through two
rectangular holes (which were to be cut in the pipeline by a clamp-on chop saw, as shown below), on either side of
the damage location and then inflated to create isolations within the pipeline.
The entire operation was to be carried out in the water-filled test cell, and this was achieved, using Score’s large
test cell (6m x 10m x 4m) located in their new Wellbank premises in Peterhead.
The first part of the test operations was to cut a test coupon out of a sample of 36” diameter concrete coated steel
pipe. The image on the right here shows the guide frame mounted on the pipe, with the chop saw located on it, in
position and ready to cut out the rectangular coupon.
Score TransCanada
supporting Suncor Energy!
Chop Saw cutting coupon out of Pipe
Working with the Suncor team Score TransCanada utilised heat bead technology to bring the valve body up to its usual operating
temperature of 800 Deg F. As the body of the valve heats its rate of thermal expansion is greater than that of the ball allowing a gap
to form and the ball to work free. During the process the valve was moved to its closed position using the valve actuator. Following
cooling the valve underwent a complete overhaul and was returned to site ready for plant start-up.
Once the coupon was removed, the chop saw was retracted from the guide frame and the inflatable airbag
“stoppers” shown on the right were inserted through the aperture and positioned ready for inflation. An accumulator
module was then lowered into the aperture to inflate the bags and create the double isolation as shown in the
diagram below.
Score Group plc Company Relocations
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On inflation of the airbags, the test flange at the far right hand side in the diagram above was removed and a
pressure test was carried out to test the integrity of the double isolation seal. The seal tested perfectly.
The test trials ran for a period of 6 days, from 1st to 6th August and all stakeholders were present to witness the
tests as they happened, from the safety and security of the Score Subsea and Wellheads Test Control room, which
is fully equipped with remote operated cameras and viewing / recording equipment, as shown in the photo below.
The project stakeholders, BP, Technip, Oceaneering and Halliburton hailed the tests as a success and were delighted
with the positive outcome achieved. The simulation test had proven their strategy and equipment capabilities were
up to the task and that the contractors could be instructed to proceed with the removal of the unexploded bomb.
In the end, the contingency plan and equipment was not called into action as the bomb was removed safely with no
damage to the pipeline, but all concerned parties were able to sleep a little easier knowing that a reliable risk and
recovery management system was in place should something have gone wrong during the operation.
Cut-away pipe coupon
Air-bag insertion through pipe aperture
Score Subsea & Wellhead Test Control Room
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ver
the
summer
period, Score has
relocated two of its
facilities due to further
expansion
and
successful
operations. These are namely
Score TransCanada Limited
and Great Yarmouth on the east
coast of England operated by
Score (Europe) Limited.
Score TransCanada, with regional
headquarters in Edmonton, has
recently located to a new 41,000
sq ft facility which is dedicated to
Valve Supply, Valve Repair, Valve
Upgrades, Valve Automation,
Valve
Asset
Management,
Acoustic Monitoring, Remote
Valve Monitoring, Training and
inventory
management
for
clients. In addition to this they
company offers an engineering
consultancy service which is
focused on system and process
design as well as valve failure
analysis, re-engineering and
upgrades.
Score TransCanada has been
established in Edmonton, Alberta
for a number of years and is
focused on providing Intelligent
Valve solutions to the Oil & Gas,
Power and general industrial
sectors within Alberta, British
Columbia, Saskatchewan and
other areas of Western Canada.
Only a couple of years ago,
Score Europe opened a facility
in Lowestoft but has relocated
this to Great Yarmouth giving
more scope for business in the
area. This new facility is near to
the Bacton, the interconnector
pipeline for the Zeebrugge
Terminals as well as the Southern
North Sea. The Great Yarmouth
facility is hosting an open day
on the 7th of October to officially
open the new location supported
by other Group services such
as Subsea and Wellhead, PSV,
training and of course V-Scan
and MIDAS Meter® Diagnostic
products.
For further information on either of these new facilities
and services that can be provided, contact Andrew Milner,
General Manager Score TransCanada or David Phillips,
Works Manager Great Yarmouth.
‘A full report on the Great Yarmouth
open day will be published in the next
edition of the Score Group Newsletter.’
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Apprenticeship Scheme Recognised
Britannia Lunch and Learn
Kevin Smith - Sales Technical Support
S
H
ycrome (Europe) Limited has achieved National recognition
at this year’s National Apprenticeship Awards beating off tough
competition to attain the Highly Commended Medium Employer of
the Year Award 2011 as well as being crowned one of England’s
Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers.
The Awards are run by The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS)
and are open to both Apprentices and all the organisations that
employ them. The Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements
of both the apprentice and the employers and recognise the
investment that employers, such as Hycrome, can give to an
apprentice.
Apprenticeships offer young people an
alternative training route which combines
theory and knowledge with work based
learning and practical skills. It is a way
of earning as you learn whilst gaining
experience in the workplace. The benefit
to employers is vast. They can help
companies secure a supply of people with
the skills and attributes that are specifically
required for that industry.
‘Named as
Top 100
Apprenticeship
Employer’
Laura Snape, Hycrome’s HR and Training Co-ordinator who
attended the Regional Awards alongside Engineering Apprentice
Zayanah Mansor and Pete Wardyn from local training provider
Burnley College said, ‘’Gaining this accolade for Hycrome is a
massive accomplishment. We pride ourselves in the support
and opportunities we provide for young people and it is nice to be
recognised for this success. Over 1600 applications were received
for the Awards and to get down to the last 3 Medium sized Employers
across the whole of the North West is a big achievement’’
The Sun and The Times newspapers are supporting this
year’s initiative by publishing two supplements in association
with the Awards, to support and showcase the great work
these top businesses are doing.
Stephen Kelly, Operations Director at Hycrome commented,
“Hycrome is thrilled to be up there with some of the top UK
employers, and we will continue to invest in our Apprenticeship
Scheme year after year to reflect the growing status of
Following the 9 Regional Apprenticeship Awards, the National Apprenticeships. Our apprentices are valued team members
Apprenticeship Service, in partnership with City & Guilds, will be who contribute to the growing success of the company.”
listing England’s Top 100 Apprenticeship employers.
core (Europe) Limited was invited by Britannia
Operator Limited to participate in a Lunch and Learn
session to be held at Royfold House, Aberdeen.
This request comes on the back of an ongoing
project which will incorporate a proactive campaign by both
Score (Europe) Limited and Britannia Operator Limited
looking at valve reliability in terms of spares management,
PMR’s, condition monitoring / diagnostics, obsolescence and
engineering reviews.
This was an opportunity for Score (Europe) Limited to
showcase two of our products, the Midas Meter® and V-Scan
technology to a variety of engineers from various departments
with the Britannia organisation. This Lunch and Learn session
gives companies the use of poster boards, stands, plasma
screen televisions and demonstration tools for the display of
promotional material.
On Tuesday 6th September, the Score team arrived at
Royfold House armed with its two products – Midas Meter®
and V-Scan. The Lunch and Learn session began with a
presentation on the Midas Meter® followed by a practical
demonstration with the kit, in which Britannia employees
were involved. The V-Scan presentation followed where the
capabilities of Score in terms of control valves were highlighted
along with a detailed explanation of the V-Scan technology.
There was also an actual V-Scan set up on display. The
event included pop up banners, product, service and training
literature. Each of the presentations was conducted with the
use of plasma televisions and product demonstration with
client involvement.
Subsequent feedback from the event has been very
positive and both products will be put forward to the project
decision review board for implementation. There are already
provisional plans for the V-Scan technology to be utilised on
various control valves during Britannia’s 2012 shutdown. We
have also provided a quote to Britannia at their request for the
purchase of a Midas Meter®.
TOTAL Hydrocarbon Release
Reduction Workshop
Graham Watt - Contracts Manager
T
hrough OGUK all Operators have signed up
to a 50% reduction in hydrocarbon releases
by end of 2013. TOTAL E&P UK Limited fully
supports this initiative and in response has initiated
a zero tolerance programme for hydrocarbon leaks.
On Monday 19th September Score Europe Limited
attended and exhibited the Midas Meter® at the
Hydrocarbon Release Reduction Initiative Workshop
held at Treetops Hotel, Aberdeen.
The workshop was well attended with approx 120
technicians from Total E&P sites, both Total and
contracted staff. The target audience was “people with
spanners in their hands” Throughout the workshop
various presentations from Total E&P Mechanical &
Materials and Corrosion Technical Authorities and
service contractors on vibration in piping systems &
instrument tubing systems. At the event Score had the
practical demonstration of the Midas Meter®, pop up
banners, product, service and training literature. The
Midas demonstration with client involvement had great
feedback during the day.
Laura Snape (HR & Training Coordinator) and Zayanah
Mansor (Engineering Apprentice) with the Awards
MIDAS Meter® joins Twitter
Score Group plc would like to announce that our
MIDAS Meter® product has joined the twitter flock.
To find the latest developments and information
on the MIDAS Meter® please follow us on twitter
@MIDASMeter. If you would like to find out more
information on MIDAS Meter® in the meantime
please visit our website at www.midasmeter.com or
request a demonstration.
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An insight to one of Constant Systems
Customers – Dr Choel Kim
Walley Box Innovation at Brighouse
W
alley boxes used for the bench setting and servicing of control valves are historically stored in workshops
on wheeled trolleys which can be manually pushed around the workshop, to locate next to any test
bench when required. The constant movement of these sensitive devices in this way frequently causes
the gauges to lose calibration, meaning re-calibration is a real and recurring problem with this working method.
Richard Mallabar - Works Director
Through a little ingenuity and design, the control valve team at Score Brighouse have now built and mounted
walley boxes onto extendable swing arms which are fitted to the wall between work benches. This allows the
units to be used for bench setting small valves on any workbench or larger valves resting on the floor space
between benches, within the extended radius of the mounting arm. When not in use, the extendable arms can
be folded back, ensuring they are not creating a safety hazard.
D
r Kims lab at Baylor
College of Medicine,
Houston TX, USA has been
using our equipment (TS
0.75kw model) since October
2009. Dr Kim is so impressed
with the equipment that he has
agreed to accompany us at
the American Chrystalography
Association (ACA) exhibition
next year and champion our
products. In fact his praise of
our equipment in his research
led to group Chairman,
Charles Ritchie, paying him
and his lab a visit earlier this
year whilst he was in town.
The Kim lab studies how
kinases get regulated and
targeted. We use cGMPdependent protein kinase as
a model system. PKG is the
central factor in the cellular
communication that controls
important processes such as
blood clotting, smooth muscle
tone, light processing in the
eye’s cells and migration of the
white blood cells. This cellular
communication, or signaling
pathway, is called NO-cGMP
pathway. For the NO-cGMP
signal to be functional PKG
has to be taken to a specific
site in the cell by proteins
called GKAPs.
Since these units were installed, there has been a significant reduction in the requirement for re-calibration of
the gauges in the walley boxes. Considerable cost savings have therefore been achieved, with added advantage
of having the units available for more of the time. Score Brighouse has already installed similar facilities in our
Southampton and Great Yarmouth locations and we believe that no control valve workshop should be without
one !
MIDAS Meter® Training Gets the Green Light
W
ith the MIDAS Meter® sales and marketing
campaign now in full swing, sales of our innovative
new valve leak detection equipment are coming in from
all around the globe.
To support the operating technicians within the Score
Group - and within the expanding new customer base who will use this equipment, a technical training course
on AE technology and how to use the MIDAS Meter® has
been designed and approved.
The one day training course takes delegates through
the following scope :
An introduction to AE Technology
An introduction to MIDAS Meter®
Use of Handset for Troubleshooting
(Theory and practice, using a demonstration valve manifold to find a leaking valve)
Using PDA to record, analyse and store AE readings (Theory and practice, including quantifying a leak)
Download of data from PDA to PC and production of condition reports using Communicator™ Software (Theory and practice, including trending)
Kenny Stephen Course
Developer and Lead
Trainer for the Acoustic
Emissions with MIDAS
Meter Training Course
Honors and Awards:
A section of a protein,
called the leucine zipper
domain, helps the GKAPs
get the PKG to the correct
location in the cell. The
details of how this happens
are still unknown. Another
fundamental
biological
question we are asking is
how the proteins recognize
specific
ligands.
While
both second messenger
molecules, cAMP and cGMP,
can activate PKG, it is well
documented that PKG is
over 60-100 fold selective for
cGMP over cAMP. Though
the overall architecture of the
cAMP-binding domain is well
defined and the molecular
determinants required for
the cAMP binding have been
extensively studied during the
last two decades, very little
is known about the cGMPbinding domain and the
molecular features required
for cGMP selectivity.
We are trying to understand
both targeting and regulation
mechanisms using various
techniques such as peptide
arrays, X-ray crystallography,
and NMR. Ultimately, we
will rationally target the
kinase by obtaining highresolution crystal structures
and develop therapeutics
to treat diseases such as
erectile dysfunction, memory
formation,
cardiovascular
and pulmonary diseases.
Positions:
1996-1997
Research
Associate (with Dr. Stanley
Mills), University of California,
San Diego.
2007-2008
Assistant
Project Scientist (with Dr.
Susan Taylor), University of
California, San Diego.
2009-Present
Assistant
Professor,
Department
of Pharmacology, Baylor
College of Medicine.
1999-2002 NIH – National
Cancer Institute National
Research Service Award
T32 CA 09532.
2002-2005
Postdoctoral
Fellow with NIH Hemoglobin
and Blood Protein Chemistry
Grant DK07233.
2004 Best Poster, 14th
Protein Kinase Symposium
(Oslo, Norway).
2005-2008
Postdoctoral
Fellow
with
American
Cancer Society –Great
Lakes Division Award.
2006 Best Poster and
Selected Presentation at the
Annual American Society of
Biochemistry and
Molecular
Biology
Symposium.
2008 Selected Presentation
at the Annual American
Society of Biochemistry and
Molecular
Biology Symposium.
2008 Selected for the
Spotlight Talk at the Second
Q-Bio Conference, Los
Alamos National
Laboratory, New Mexico.
Trainees Wear the IMechE Badge
B
elow are some of the engineering trainees
who recently purchased top quality Fleeces,
Polo shirts, Tee shirts with the IMechE Logo and
are proudly wearing and displaying the identity
badge ,confirming their commitment to pursue their
professional engineering careers with Score.
The course is primarily aimed at operational technicians
within the Group and also customer’s technicians who
request product training when purchasing the device.
The course has been designed and developed by the
Score Training team, in conjunction with the MIDAS
Meter® engineering, marketing and sales teams. A
more detailed training flyer promoting the course is
currently being developed and will be made available as
a download from the Score Group website, under media
publications, when complete.
If you require any further information on the MIDAS
Meter® or the supporting training course, please follow
the link to our website www.midasmeter.com or e-Mail
us at [email protected]
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Peterhead Training Centre
Awards Ceremony
Gordon Milne pictured with Alan Burns
P
eterhead Engineers Development Limited 1st Year awards ceremony was
held on the 22nd of September in the Wellbank Lecture Theatre. Along
with all the prize winners, the audience included all current 1st years and of
course staff from the training centre. David Anderson, Managing Director of
PEDL, compered the event, opening with a simple welcome then getting straight to
the awards.
The first awards were the completion of the Professional Engineering Operations
Level II. Each name was announced in turn with Ian Davidson, Commercial Director
of Score Group plc presenting and congratulating each recipient with each one also
receiving a hearty round of applause. Next, the top apprentice of the year was
awarded. Announced in reverse order, 2nd and 1st runners up were Joseph Dolman
and Andrew Hay respectively. This years apprentice of the year was Kristopher Pirie.
These awards were presented by Conrad Ritchie, a Director of PEDL and also Score
(Europe) Limited Deputy Managing Director.
A few words of congratulations, motivation and encouragement were then given by the compere to all the assembled trainees both past and
present. Firstly it was remarked that this was one of the largest presentations that had taken place with 54 level II certificates presented. Also
mentioned as a word of encouragement was the fact that everyone learns at different speeds therefore the trainees who had not received a 1st,
2nd, or 3rd prize this year may be tomorrows winners. This however is in “your own hands”. This indeed was demonstrated when Steven Smith,
now in his 2nd year of apprenticeship with Score (Europe) Limited was again congratulated for taking 2nd runner up spot in the 2011 Scottish Craft
Competition held earlier in the year.
Before proceedings were drawn to a close, Alan Burns, long time Company Secretary for the Training Centre was given a special award for his
continual and unwavering help and support he provides to the organisation. This special award was presented by Gordon Milne, Chairman of
PEDL and Apprentice Co-ordinator for Score Europe. All staff at the centre were also given a round of applause for yet another highly successful
year both educationally and as an organisation.
Score Summer 2011 Apprentices Settle in...
W
hilst many thriving companies in the engineering sector
have used the recent difficult economic climate as an
opportunity to trim their training expenditure, Peterhead
based Score Group plc continue to challenge that popular
trend by taking the opposite approach.
Maintaining their long track record of investing in their National
Award Winning Apprenticeship Training Programme, the
Score Group - now in its 30th trading year - has the largest
apprentice training programme in Scotland, with over 250
Apprentices engaged in a wide variety of traditional and new
apprenticeship disciplines, with a major focus on Mechanical
Engineering.
All 27 new apprenticeship positions offered in Peterhead
this Summer (2011) were filled by the end of July, as the
company sustained its commitment to, and investment in,
the local population. The Group continuously strives to
provide opportunities for those who wish to invest in their
own futures and intend to become part of the next generation
of highly skilled engineers.
Speaking at a recent in-company apprentice lecture, Score
Group plc Chairman Charles Ritchie - who’s vision and
commitment has sustained the organisation’s growth and
specifically driven its Apprenticeship Training Programme
throughout the company’s long and distinguished history of
investing in developing new young engineers – reaffirmed
his commitment to the future of the programme and the
youngsters engaging in it by saying that “These young
persons are our future workforce and every one has the
potential to become a Manager or even a Director in one
of our worldwide operational centres, so it is imperative that
we help them succeed in their chosen field in every way we
can. We wish them every success in their careers with us”.
Score Group plc are leaders in the provision of Intelligent
Valve and Gas Turbine Solutions to the Offshore Oil &
Gas, Subsea and Wellheads, Petrochemical, Energy
and Marine Markets. They are currently recruiting
for their January 2012 Apprentice intake. If you or
someone you know is interested in joining their award
winning apprenticeship programme, please contact
[email protected] or apply via our website
at www.score-group.com/careers
Pictured below are all 27 of Score’s
July 2011intake of
Modern Apprentices, at the
Peterhead Training Centre
Scottish IMechE First Year Apprentice Craft Competition
T
he awards ceremony was held at Score Group
plc on 19th September, with the prizes being
handed out by immediate past IMechE Chairman, Dennis
Helliwell, who congratulated the winners and wished them
well in their future careers in Engineering. The winners in
this year’s competition were as follows :Winner – Grant Mitchell of Glaxo SmithKline, trained at
Angus Group Training Association Limited in Arbroath.
Runner Up was Grant Forsyth of Glaxo SmithKline, trained
at Angus Group Training Association Limited in Arbroath.
Second Runner-up was Steven Smith of Score (Europe)
Limited, trained at Peterhead Engineers Development
Limited, in Peterhead. As well as the coveted winner’s
trophy, Grant also received a cheque for £500. Grant and
Stephen were presented certificates and cash prizes of
£200 and £100 respectively.
Conrad Ritchie, Deputy Managing Director of Score
(Europe) Limited noted that the Score apprentices who
took part in the competition were excellent role models’and
that all Score ever asks for, is for its people to try their best.
In this occasion, they did not disappoint. Score Group has
committed to support this Annual Scottish First Year Craft Competition for the foreseeable future and is currently in discussions regarding 10
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Meet the Director
Richard Mallabar
Trinidad Website Revamp
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core Valves (Trinidad & Tobago) Limited, with the aid of Score Training has recently undergone a redesign of their website.
The new site was possible with the help of Lochan Bridglal, working to supply the Score Training team with fresh content and
images for the site. Unveiled on 12th September, the new Score Valves (Trinidad & Tobago) Limited site has been designed using
an innovative, user-friendly, corporate design, containing unique content exclusive to Trinidad. Content has been revised with search
engines in mind, as well as being transferred to our American server and it is hoped that the performance of the website will see the
rewards of this in the coming weeks and months.
Graduations & Awards
My name is Richard Mallabar
and I am the Works Director
of Constant Systems. I first
started working for Constant
Systems in 1996 as a turner/
miller when I was attracted
to the specialist products
being made, at that time,
in a barn in the middle of
the countryside. Since then
I have been part of and
seen the business develop
and change, with myself
changing
roles
several
times, into the business we
have today where we have
2 offices. Head office is in
Daventry, UK and the other
at the Score Atlanta site in the
USA. I am married and first met my wife, Michelle, in 2001 whilst
she was working for another group company, KITE International.
Michelle was just finishing her apprenticeship in the turbine
department. We have been married 5 years now and are currently
awaiting the arrival of our first additions to the family, our twins in
January next year.
When you were a child, what did you really want to be when you
grew up? Well at first I wanted to take after my dad and be a fireman,
however having a great fear of heights this was soon changed to being
a professional footballer and playing for Aston Villa.
Do you have any hobbies? Playing football, which has really changed
to watching football over the last few years. Following and supporting
Aston Villa is not as easy as it looks
What would you say is your biggest achievement in life to date?
To date, being Director of Constant Systems.
What makes you smile?
Spending time with family and friends
What makes you angry?
Repeated errors, everybody makes mistakes its part of life but we should
learn from our mistakes which in turn makes us better at what we do
Other than ‘at home’, what’s your most favourite place in the world?
Close between New York and New Zealand for different reasons. New
Zealand I think, stunning place.
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core Group apprentices have once again excelled in their achievements as recognised at the recent Banff and Buchan
College graduation ceremony. The ceremony took place on the 1st October at the newly refurbished Banff and Buchan
College where family, friends and lecturers congratulated the recipients of the awards. A total of 21 Score apprentices received
HNC’s and HND’s in the disciplines of Engineering Practice and Mechanical Engineering. These young engineers currently
work in the Score (Europe) Limited and Score Energy Limited divisions within the Group organisation.
Who is the most famous person you have met?
Scraping the barrel here I know, Steve Davis the world champion snooker player (at the time). I had my picture taken with him maybe 30 years
ago at an exhibition match.
If you could ask someone famous a question, who and what would
you ask? Neil Armstrong – Mars in the next 20 years?
PSV Training in
Ireland
What is the best lesson you ever learned?
Always be positive in what you do and always aim for right first time
Meet the Apprentice
Matthew Thomson
My name is Matthew Thomson. I
am 19 years old. I am a mechanical
engineering apprentice and I am
in my 2nd year at Score. I started
at the training centre in January
2010. My first department was
Marine. I was there from January
2011 until May. I was off work from
May until August due to health
reasons. I went to STAMP for 2-3
weeks then I went to the small
parts store for three weeks. I am
currently situated in the drawing
office for the next 6 months. Then
I’m hoping I am finally back in the
workshops.
Describe yourself in 20 words or less?: I’m a nice, honest, funny
guy who likes to try new things and is up for a laugh.
When you were a child what did you really want to be when
you grew up?: A Footballer or an actor.
Do you have any hobbies?: Playing Football and playing pool and
going to the gym.
What would you say is your biggest achievement in life to
date?: Having my big operation and pulling through it. Passing my
fitting exercise model at the training centre.
What one word do you use most often?: I speak too much to just
say one word.
Tell us your favourite saying… Every day is a school day
What makes you smile?: The weekend. When Man Utd win. Having
a good time and just basically having a laugh.
What makes you angry?: Liars. People who are disrespectful
towards others.
Other than at home what’s your most favourite place in the
world?: I don’t really have a favourite place, I like lots of different
places.
Who is the most famous person you have met: Ruud Van
Nistlerooy
If you could ask someone famous a question who and what
would you ask: I wouldn’t want to ask a famous person a question
because they are just like you or me and most celebrities aren’t famous
for being talented.
What advice would you give to someone still at school that
wanted to become an engineering or administration trainee?: Try
your best and good luck.
What advice would you give to someone still at school that wanted
to become an Engineering or Administration Trainee?
Engineering is an exciting, vast and varied world to explore. Come look
and don’t be afraid to learn
Keith McHugh - Business Development
Manager PSV
O
n the 15th September we delivered a one day PSV maintenance training course at UCB Manufacturing in
Shannon, Ireland. This is a new client for us and we used the opportunity to promote not only our training
capability but also our new partnership with Induchem. The training was carried out at the client premises
and we had 6 maintenance technicians on the course. The course entailed a classroom session followed by practical
training in the workshop. Feedback from the attendees was very positive and they stated that they would like to
extend the training to include PSV competence. We also had our new mobile test unit on site and demonstrated its
capabilities to UCB management and the course attendees, all of whom were very impressed.
If you are interested in participating in the Meet the Apprentice feature
please contact the STAMP Newsletter team.
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O
ver the last few weeks, a number of students from local
secondary education schools have been working alongside
our technicians, engineers and teams. These work experience
placements last for a week with the purpose of giving school pupils a
real overview of industry rather than the theoretical view they may have
of business and industry. The week generally comprises of a company
induction on the morning of the first day before being assigned to
various departments within Score where they work through to Friday,
mid afternoon. Departments, which have been recently involved
included a number of the workshops in Glenugie (Score Europe),
NIK workshop in Score Energy, and Multimedia (S.T.A.M.P.). On the
Friday afternoon, they are then brought back together to see how the
week went, their highs and lows and also to get comment from their
team leaders for the week.
Comments received from the pupils included amazement as to the
size and scale of the company, the helpfulness and friendliness of
their co-workers for the week, the benefit of the experience for their
future, with a number of them expressing real interest in returning on
an apprenticeship once they leave school. One Score Team Leader
commented that the young lad he had under his wing was one of
the best workers he has ever had in his many years in Score. From
these comments from both pupils and Score members, these work
experience weeks are highly beneficial for the budding engineers,
Score Group, and the engineering industry as a whole.
Lose Weight, Get Fitter,
Get Healthier at Work
Organised by Jacquie Murray, HSE Inspector,
Score (Europe) Limited, a Scottish Slimmer’s
class has been running over the last six weeks on
Tuesday lunchtimes at Glenugie. Each week, the
Scottish Slimmer’s Representative came in and
discussed various health, food or fitness topics
to inspire the motivated delegates. The weigh in
then would take place. Over the six weeks, with
9 people participating, a total of 55lbs was lost, a
great achievement which they can all be proud of.
As Score supports any health initiative, we would
love for this to continue as would the dedicated
class goers but unfortunately a few more people
are required to join the class for it to be financially
viable for Scottish Slimmers to continue.
If you are interested in finding out more, contact
Jacquie who will be able to advise.
Score Group plc Donates “Greenway” to Peterhead
Community Corner
Work Experience in
Score, Peterhead
A brand new cycle and pedestrian pathway, paid for by Score group
plc, has been opened adjacent to the A90 Trunk Road (Peterhead
bypass), on the South side of Peterhead.
The new 0.6 mile long travel way, with it’s new signage, road
markings and lighting, cost around £¼ million pounds and was
opened by Chairman Charles Ritchie as part of a wider “green travel
plan” for the South Peterhead area. It stretches from McDonalds at
Invernettie Roundabout, past Arnold Clark, the Scottish Ambulance
Depot, the Damhead Way entrance to Dales Industrial Estate, Dales
Engineering and Enviroco, before terminating at Wellbank.
Peterhead Scottish
Week Raft Race
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cottish Week is a week
long Gala that takes
place annually in Peterhead.
Usually
running
across
the third week in July the
programme consists of action
packed activities to suit all.
With 2011 being the year that
Scottish Week celebrated
their 50 year anniversary, the
committee was determined
to bring back some nostalgic
events that have played a
large role in the popularity of
Scottish Week.
The Race Begins...
After seven years’ absence
the Scottish Week Raft Race
made a much anticipated
comeback on Thursday
21st July 2011. Robert
MacDonald,
Customer
Support Co-ordinator of Score
Europe and a member of the
Scottish Week committee
mentioned the idea to some of
the sales team. Louise Hay, sales administrator, jumped at
the chance, immediately sending an email round the sales
department. Shortly after 13 members were recruited to be
part of the team. The crew’s brave members consisted of
Stephen Cruickshanks, Simon Turner, Sarah Davidson,
Louise Hay, Sarah Reid, Chelsi Barrie, Gemma Reid, Kim
Taylor, Fiona McKenzie, Oliver Christie and Joe Dolman.
Stephen volunteered to be captain and lead the team to
success! After much deliberation and a very detailed drawing
on a “post-it note” by Steven the building of the raft was ready
to begin. Building of the raft did not require financial support
only blood, sweat and tears. Barrels were supplied by waste
management company - Enviroco and scrap wood was used
from the joiners at Score Europe. The infamous name given
to the notorious raft – “Score To The Core.”
When the raft was built, 9 members of the team decided to
test the stability and to see if the raft would even float. The
Saturday previous to the race braving the usual Peterhead
conditions of torrential rain at 8.30am. The team informed us
they left the practice feeling confident that they were in with a
chance of winning due to their extremely quick time, however
it was established that wetsuits were a must have.
Commenting on the new route, Mr Ritchie stressed the importance of
safe and environmentally friendly travel and access for all the personnel
working in the various business premises within and around the now
serviced area, as well as social and pleasure use.
The pathway now helps both cyclists and pedestrians to safely negotiate
what would otherwise be a very dangerous stretch of road where vehicles
are travelling at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour and where the local
authorities have failed to provide this for the people who require access
to these areas. For example, pedestrians alighting from the main bus
route into Peterhead can now safely access all business premises in the
area using the donated pathway.
The pathway has already become popular and is being extensively used
by others including the local running club, as one of their training routes.
This is a significant investment by Score Group plc and it is hoped that
their donation will help keep the people of Peterhead fit, healthy and safe
for many years to come.
The night before the race the excitement was building and
the team was ready to take on the competition armed with a
promising raft, hundreds of water balloons and water pistols.
On the day of the race the weather surprisingly was sunny and
thousands of spectators came out to witness the action. The
atmosphere was filled with laughter, enthusiasm and rivalry.
The team did not set off as they had planned, with two team
members been thrown in to the water before the race even
started and all 13 team members strength being used just to
get the raft in to the sea. The team had also intended to sit
on the raft rather than stand; as their legs were being bruised
and bashed not only with their own homemade oars but with
jet-skis – who made the race all that more challenging as the
rafts had to fight against the rapid waves caused by the jetski’s - and the sting of the North Sea water.
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Unfortunately Stephen did not lead the team to first place, but
rather 2nd last. Reaching the shore after a gruelling 30 minutes
of demanding rowing and being well and truly drenched, “there
were no spectators left to congratulate them on their success of
not coming last.” Ever the optimists all team members claim it
was still a success as they “never sank and it was the taking part
that counts.” In addition, they say if there was a prize for best
looking raft they would have definitely won 1st place. The team
had lots of laughs and fun from the building of the raft through
to the challenging race, suggesting it as a great team building
experience.
Even after all the bruises, overcoming fears of what lies beneath
the Peterhead marina and nearly been hit by jet-skis the team
members have not been put off, and intend to re-enter next year if
the raft race is part of the 2012 Scottish Week Programme. They
have already decided that the team on the raft will be smaller
and it might be an idea to involve an engineer on the building of
the raft. Overall, it was an all round success in their eyes!
The “Score To The Core” Team would like to thank everyone for
their support before and on the day. Who knows, after better
planning and a bit more practice the “Score To The Core” team
could be making an appearance at the 2012 Olympics!
Fighting the North Sea Water
Hycrome V’s Score Europe Football Match
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ycrome hosted this long awaiting return to inter-company football with some optimism. The fact some training had
been carried out gave the Home team some hope, as there was a stigma of Score Europe having an outstanding
calibre of footballers to choose from and could not be beaten. This needed to be questioned!
It was soon apparent that Score could actually be beaten. Hycrome took an early lead in the 15th minute. Some build up play
down the left from full back Paul Crew and winger Lewis Whitaker created an opening for Sam O’Leary and Adam Hartley to
work the edge of the box, Hartley was quick on the turn to unleash a fierce shot into the top corner.
Hycrome’s celebrations were soon short lived indeed! Some very quick thinking from Mikey Stephens caught all the Hycrome
team, plus spectators totally off guard. A quickly taken centre saw the ball driven goal bound only for the keeper to watch with
horror as the ball sailed overhead and into the net!! 1-1!
This looked to effect Hycrome’s early possession and upset the balance of the game. Score began to take control, working
both left and right flanks with some purpose and it wasn’t to long before Score took the lead on the 20th minute Mikey and
Nico worked well together off a throw in, with a ball across the edge of the area being perfectly weighted for Jack Scott to
smash a pile driver in off the bar.
On 38 minutes it was another goal from Mikey Stephens, who was now starting to take control with the Score midfield. A free
kick was given to the left of the area. The wall was lined up, however the Hycrome keeper was caught in two minds leaving
a gap for Mikey to place the ball into an open net. Hycrome replied with a few half chances and almost scoring close to half
time, when Chris Walker headed against the crossbar. Within the seriousness of the game came some laughter, Stuart Jolly
decided to tackle himself with no player or ball within 3 yards, leaving himself floored with only a mouthful of sand for his
creative display.
Half time: Hycrome 1 - 3 Score Europe
Halftime came just in time, as Hycrome were suffering from a few injuries and needed to regroup and some of the Score
guys were suffering from the warmer weather. A quick reshuffle caused more damage that anticipated. Two quick goals from
Score almost demoralised the tireless Hycrome side. The 4th was a goal mouth scramble from Ally Marshall and the 5th from
a curling left foot shot by Nico into the top corner (won’t admit it was slice), leaving the keeper thinking it had gone wide.
Hycrome tried to get back into the game with some more reshuffling which did not seem to counter the Score attack. Mikey
created his own space and smashed in number 6 and hat-trick, with a half volley from the edge of the box on the 72nd
minute. Hycrome’s reply came with some possession and was almost rewarded with a couple of opportunities coming close;
O’Leary’s half chance fizzed wide from the edge of the box.
The 7th and final nail was hammered into the coffin on the 78th minute with another goal mouth scramble, with Darren
Anderson pinching the ball off Nico’s toe for his moment of glory.
Football is a tendency to take over emotions and some players were beginning to feel the frustration of the game, nevertheless
the game continued in good spirit.
Hycrome began be take control again in the last 10 minutes as Score started to run out of steam. Hartley finished off a crazy
run with a delightful shot and only the bar preventing a well earned goal. As Hycrome pressed for another goal, on pride
alone, Paul Sconce came forward from defence with a shot that should have given the keeper more to think about. Moments
later Sconce rushed forward again to receive a throw in from Hartley only to watch a well struck shot fly just over the bar.
Score proceeded to defend last ditch onslaughts from Richard Crew, Hartley and O’Leary only for the final whistle to be
blown, leaving Hycrome with only 1 goal for their efforts.
Final Score Hycrome 1 - 7 Score
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